Poland news

At least three people have been killed and 51 injured, including children, after a tour bus carrying Ukrainian citizens overturned in southeastern Poland.

Demonstrators were treated for injuries after police launched tear gas as part of a crackdown on the rally against laws passed by the Polish government that, critics say, undermine the independence of the country’s judiciary.

Polish alpine skier Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person to ski down from the summit of K2 – the world’s second highest mountain.

Polish drivers are in for an easy ride in the next few weeks, getting away fine-free with all but the most serious offences, as traffic police have decided to go mild on offenders in an unusual form of protest.

The father of Poland’s prime minister, who was once a radical anti-communist dissident, slammed Warsaw for turning Poles against Russians, and said coming to terms with Moscow is in Europe’s and the world’s interest.

Three EU countries have denied reaching any final agreement with Germany on the return of migrants to the country of entry, despite Angela Merkel’s claim she’d received “political consent” from 14 EU nations to strike such a deal.